Here's the 'experiment' Avi Lewis is trying to run in Canadian politics | CBC News This week, Lewis made the rounds on Parliament Hill for the first time since becoming NDP leader. CBC's The House gave him a tour of West Block — the home of the House of Commons — as he detailed what...

This seems both retro and fresh. Reasoned and optimistic. Will be keen to see how far Lewis’ socialist argument takes him both in terms of policy positions and with the electorate.

Oh, and Gout Gout ran the 16th fastest 200m ever and he turned 18 in December.

God. Damn. Dude.

Gout Gout smashes his Australian 200m record and goes under 20 seconds at Nationals Gout Gout has produced a breathtaking run to break 20 seconds in the 200 metres for the first time, and smash his own national record.

Was at the Australia athletics national meet this weekend. First time at a track and field comp of that caliber.

Lemme tell ya, it’s so rad!

Also, I don’t know that I could make it half way down the track in 100m in the time hurdler runs and jumps 100m. That’s some humbling shit right there.

Let’s not pretend Australian right wing politicians aren’t as rhetorically/morally depraved as elsewhere in the world (not that anyone reading this thread is likely guilty of this)

Nuke The Whales - The Simpsons YouTube video by Simpsons Clips

Not sure if you’re a Simpsons fan but there’s a clip for this - youtu.be/E5_Sem03i4Q

Canto a Mi Pueblo YouTube video by Carlos Puebla - Topic

Yo tengo una tristeza enorme para mis compadres cubanos. La batalla contra el imperialismo nunca termina.

Screen grab from The Guardian about Australia’s use of temporary exclusion orders

Temporary exclusion orders - didn’t know this was a thing in Australia (that an Australian citizen can be bared from re-entering the country if they’re a safety/terror threat).

I can’t find a data on how often this has happened/happens. Anyone know if one can find said data anywhere?

It appears you no longer have the right to protest | First Dog on the Moon Police charged at people who could not flee due to being kettled. As always police say that is not what happened

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Gallo rojo, gallo negro | Sílvia Pérez Cruz i Raül Fernández YouTube video by Tots Sants

El gallo negro era grande, pero el gallo rojo era valiente

Para todos que esten luchando contra el autoritarismo

That said, I do question the limits of the argument. When does the violence become unbearable and must be met in kind? Can there be physical resistance without violence? And the notion of (group) self defence -what of it?

Still, I will be giving my students this to read in week one of Moral Theory

Although I agree with her, I struggle to internalise this message, to fight hate without becoming hateful, fight violence without becoming violent. I find myself weak in the face of hate.

Opinion | The Risk We Face in Opposing Trump

Finally got around to reading this piece by @roxanegay.bsky.social

It’s marvellous for its clarity, simplicity, and power.

"When we stand for what is right, we have to always stand for what is right, without exception."

(Da Mayor would endorse wholeheartedly)

Thank you!!!

(Amazing memory!)

Empire of Vice In a perverse twist on virtue signaling, the Trump administration is training Americans in the politics of raw domination.

Of vice and men

Yo te llevo dentro, hasta la raíz
Y por más que crezca, vas a estar aquí
Aunque yo me oculte tras la montaña
Y encuentre un campo lleno de caña
No habrá manera, mi rayo de Luna
Que tú te vayas

Natalia Lafourcade - Hasta la Raíz YouTube video by NLaFourcadeVEVO

The beautiful “Hasta la raiz” by Natalia Lafourcade. A song about how we take our lands and culture in our souls as we travel the earth (in the case of Lafourcade, the beautiful Mexico)

youtu.be/IKmPci5VXz0

Yeesh. Speaking of apocalyptic beaches, ever read “on the beach”?

Botija de Mi País YouTube video by Eduardo Mateo - Topic

Bit of background: this is a cover by Julieta Rada of her dad’s, Ruben Rada, a legend of Uruguayan candombe and an advocate for the AfroUruguayan community. Here’s Señor Rada’s rendition with the equally indomitable Eduardo Mateo

youtu.be/NIrE8NtsCoM

Botija de mi País YouTube video by Julieta Rada - Topic

"Botija de mi país
Si libre quieres vivir
No dejes de hablar con tus hermanos
Si te quieren reprimir
Júntate con cinco mil
Y juntos repiqueteen las manos"

youtu.be/wn3Egcled5I

of rebellion, hope, struggle, faith. Some classic tunes, others more recent. Not sure who reads my posts, but in case it’s of any help - and I do feel I turn to art in these dark moments for respite - I’ll post a song periodically with some lyrics that stand out for me.

authoritarian governments propped up by the US and US corporations. (Here’s a good time to note that despite being agnostic, I do want to believe in an afterlife, if only for Kissinger to be held to divine justice).

I find myself listening to a lot of music from Latin America. Songs of protest,

I’ve really been struggling since the US invaded Venezuela to make sense of what’s happening (emotionally, I get it from a ‘realist’, post rules-based viewpoint). As a Latino, it's impossible not to think about the history of 1970s, and the personal stories I heard growing up, of right-wing (cont)

Talk about corrupting the youth! Am I right?!?!

(Too soon?)

A screenshot of a commentary published in Nature Medicine, titled "Navigating Difficult Ethical Decisions in Global Health".

New commentary published in @natmed.nature.com with @dsilvaphd.bsky.social, Anna Levy, and Katherine Littler:

Navigating Difficult Ethical Decisions in Global Health

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

💯

A very good read.

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Unconventional Director Sets Shakespeare Play In Time, Place Shakespeare Intended

Unconventional Director Sets Shakespeare Play In Time, Place Shakespeare Intended theonion.com/unconventional-director-...

The political power of art.